Financial data provider financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for a financial data, index or ratings provider, built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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Sells financial data, analytics and index subscriptions, licenses indices for funds and derivatives on asset-linked fees, or rates debt issuers for fees tied to issuance and surveillance.
In short
- 01
Three linked statements
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.
- 02
Valued two ways
Discounted cash flow and trading multiples, side by side.
- 03
Monthly to annual
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.
- 04
Checked every period
A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.
The sample, as Excel draws it.
Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.
Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.
How the model works for a financial data provider.
- How it earns revenue3 formulasRecurring revenue and ARR · All product plansSubscription revenueOpening ARRClosing ARRshare of the yearRecurring revenue and ARR · All product plansNew customer ARRNew customersfrom new customers and sales and marketingARR per new customerRecurring revenue and ARR · All product plansNet expansion ARRPrice increase on the installed baseUpsell and cross-sell (net of contraction)
- What drives its costs3 formulasCost of revenue · All product plansCost of revenueHosting and infrastructureCustomer support and successFixed platform and support overheadNew customers and sales and marketing · All product plansSales and marketingCustomer acquisition spend (new logos)Account management and renewalsNew customers and sales and marketing · All product plansCustomer acquisition spend (new logos)New customersCustomer acquisition cost (CAC)
- What it invests in3 formulasCorporate fixed assetsCapital expenditureRevenuefrom statementsCapex as % of revenueAdditional planned capexCorporate fixed assetsDepreciationDepreciation of the opening asset baseDepreciation of new capexCorporate fixed assetsClosing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
- How it is funded3 formulasDebtRepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweepDebtClosing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepaymentsDebtInterest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
- How profit becomes cash3 formulasBillings and deferred revenue · All product plansClosing deferred revenueClosing ARRfrom recurring revenue and ARRShare of ARR billed in advanceBilling term invoiced in advanceBillings and deferred revenue · All product plansBillingsSubscription revenue (recurring revenue and arr)from recurring revenue and arrClosing deferred revenueOpening deferred revenueWorking capitalTrade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in period
20 parts, each one tested.
Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.
- CPI forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
- Operating expensesHeadcount build by function
- Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
- Working capitalFull working capital
- Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
- Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
- DebtAmortising term loan
- Dividends and distributionsPayout of net profit
- Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
- Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
- Issuance- and asset-linked data revenueIndex licences on assets and volumesRatings fees tied to debt issuance and surveillance, and index licence fees tied to assets tracking an index or to derivatives volumes.
- Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
- Case selectionStackable stress toggles
- R&D and capitalised developmentGross R&D × capitalisation rate
- Headcount plan by functionHiring plan by function
- New customers and sales and marketingNew customers per period × CAC
- Customer base and churnConstant churn rate
- Recurring revenue and ARRARR bridge on ARPA with price increases and net expansion
- Billings and deferred revenueBilled in advance (billing mix) with deferred revenue
- Cost of revenueCost per customer plus fixed platform cost
The numbers it tracks.
- 01subscription ARR
- 02retention
- 03asset-linked revenue
- 04issuance-linked revenue
- 05EBITDA margin
- 06EPS
What it is used for.
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- ValuationGuide · DCF valuation model
- Merger or acquisition (strategic)Guide · Financial modelling services
- Scenarios and sensitivities
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